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Press Review 1St to 15Th September 2019 (Sorted by Date) AMBASSADE DE FRANCE EN INDE SERVICE ÉCONOMIQUE RÉGIONAL Press Review st th 1 to 15 September 2019 (sorted by date) Indian Agriculture and Food Industry .................................................................................................... 3 State food ministers meet ................................................................................................................... 3 Achieving 6 mn tonne sugar export target challenging amid subdued global prices: ICRA ................ 4 India’s sugar stockpile threatens to drag down global prices ............................................................. 4 Potato drives a price wedge between 2 major producers .................................................................. 5 TERI to study impact of climate change on farm sector ..................................................................... 6 Health Minister stresses on right and healthy nutrition ..................................................................... 7 CPRI develops antioxidant rich potato variety .................................................................................... 7 ICAR meet to discuss Fall armyworm menace .................................................................................... 8 More sugar mills in Maharashtra may remain idle this year .............................................................. 9 Climate change may hit banana cultivation in India ........................................................................... 9 Rains give kharif crop a lease of life in Marathwada......................................................................... 10 Kochi to host India International Seafood Show after 12 years ........................................................ 11 India’s per capita water availability to decline further: ICAR ............................................................ 11 Drop in buffalo meat exports affect the Indian dairy farmers .......................................................... 12 Food business undergoing certification programme on hygiene and manufacturing practices under FSSAI .................................................................................................................................................. 13 Farmers’ contribution will be significant in making India $5-trillion economy: Agri Minister .......... 14 Kharif acreages as good as last year’s ............................................................................................... 14 FSSAI should tighten screws on adulterated coconut oil in Kerala ................................................... 15 Oilmeal exports plunge 73 per cent in August as local prices rule high............................................ 15 Paddy cultivation picks up as rains recede in Bihar, Odisha & Karnataka ........................................ 16 PM Narendra Modi to lay foundation of Mega Food Park at Rohtak ............................................... 16 Mega Food Park inaugurated in Telangana ....................................................................................... 17 Soyabean output set to rise to 14 mt ................................................................................................ 18 Landscape management and public-private finance to improve 20 lakh hectares of land .............. 19 SBI to offer MUDRA loans to Kerala broiler farmers ......................................................................... 20 Over 1000 farmers attend the National Conference on Crop Residue Management ...................... 20 9,300 oxytocin injections seized ........................................................................................................ 21 Top agricultural scientists body rejects zero budget natural farming .............................................. 21 Poll effect: Maharashtra govt handles sugar lobby with kid gloves.................................................. 22 Trustea tag gains acceptance ............................................................................................................ 23 Asia Pacific edible insect market size to reach $270 million by 2024 ............................................... 24 Cotton Association of India maintains cotton output at 312 lakh bales in August ........................... 24 CAI reduces India's cotton import estimates to 29 lakh bales, down by 2 lakh bales ...................... 25 With over 711.18 LMT food grain stocks till Aug, FCI faces massive losses ...................................... 27 India records 3% surplus rainfall ....................................................................................................... 28 Govt's ethanol push to help sugar mills, oil companies .................................................................... 29 RBI panel pitches for federal body like GST Council in farm sector .................................................. 30 World Bank to sanction Rs 3,000 cr for food parks: Govt ................................................................. 31 How wheat can help in fight against ‘hidden hunger’ ...................................................................... 32 Government Policies and Initiatives .................................................................................................... 33 To promote desi cows, govt orders semen from Brazil .................................................................... 33 PM-Kisan: Uttar Pradesh to cover 29 million farmers ....................................................................... 34 Mizoram govt wants to tie up with global entrepreneurs in organic movement: C Lalrinsanga ..... 35 Indian Sugar Mills Association welcomes rise in ethanol prices for 2019-20 ................................... 35 Central Government to invest Rs 25,000 crore in 5 years to revamp fishery infrastructure ............ 36 States need to set up price stabilisation funds: Ram Vilas Paswan .................................................. 36 Farmers paid Rs 700 crore for damage of cotton by whitefly in Haryana ........................................ 37 FSSAI submits guidelines on plastic ban to NGT ............................................................................... 37 Cutting down on sugar: FSSAI eases soluble solid norms for fruit-based drinks .............................. 38 MoHFW kicks off nutrition campaign, Eat Right India mass media campaign .................................. 38 FSSAI to put forth regulation limiting trans-fats through FSSR amendment .................................... 39 60% funding for cow dung, urine startups ........................................................................................ 40 FSSAI shelves new labelling norms after stiff resistance from industry ........................................... 41 Centre to pump in Rs 8,000 crore in J&K to boost income of farmers and traders .......................... 42 New FSSAI bamboo guidelines bring clarity on use in spoons, fork, cups ........................................ 42 PM Modi to launch National Animal Disease Control Programme ................................................... 43 PM Modi Calls On Startups To Address Challenges In India’s Dairy, Animal Husbandry Sector ....... 44 Govt's ethanol push to help sugar mills, oil companies .................................................................... 44 Centre asks Delhi government to sell onion via ration shops, civil supplies dept at Rs 23.90/kg .... 45 Giriraj's formula for double farm income: Get egg free with meat and milk ................................... 46 International Trade ............................................................................................................................... 47 Rice exporters get 4-month breather from Saudi norms .................................................................. 47 India must look at exporting Tilapia fish to US: Kevin M Fitzsimmons ............................................. 48 Delhi fights to protect current, future subsidies as WTO fisheries talks near conclusion ................ 48 Govt imposes $850/tonne minimum export price on onion ............................................................ 49 RCEP: Farmers’, civil society groups, unions seek more talks ........................................................... 50 Enterprises ............................................................................................................................................ 50 Spirit-maker Pernod Ricard eyes ‘low double-digit growth .............................................................. 50 Walmart India plans to source 25% of fruits and vegetables from local farmers ............................. 51 Lignin from agro-waste helps make useful nanocomposites ............................................................ 52 Mahindra Summit Agrisciences launches a new product range for organic agriculture .................. 52 Praj's propriety technology to be used in USA's first bagasse based ethanol bio refinery ............... 53 Biyani’s FSC to create India Food Grid, a network of 38 integrated food distribution centres ........ 53 Tirth Agro Tech in JV with German firm to develop root crop machines ......................................... 54 Fortum, Haryana University to make textile fibre from paddy straw ............................................... 54 INI in pact with Munger Farms to grow blueberries ......................................................................... 55 Cargill is looking for partners
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